Automobile-washer.



. l. P. JOHNSON). AUTOMOBILE WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED 1m31, 1916.

l,23,072 A Patented June 12, 191?.

40 'y f ed upper portion 2 JAMES IPIERSON J' OHN SON, OF TORONTO,ONTARIO, CANADA.

AUTOMOBILE-VASHER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1917.

AppIcation filed January 31, 1916. Serial No. l75,410.

To all w/wm t may concern.' i

Be it known that I, JAMES PmRsoN Joni SON, of the city of Toronto, inthecounty of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-l/Vashers, of whichthe following is the specification.

My invention'relates to improvements in automobile washers and theobject of the invention is to devise an apparatus adapted to allow theoperator to easily and quickly clean all parts of an automobile withoutdanger of scratching or otherwise marring the vehicle and by'which soapcan be supplied in liquid'fo'rm to the cleaning head of the apparatusand it consists essentially of the following arrangement andconstruction of parts as hereinafter more particularly eX- plained bythe following specification. i Y Figure 1, is a general perspective viewof my device showing the nozzle in position and the cleaning headremoved.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the major portion of my apparatusshowing the mop forming the cleaning head inposition.

Fig. 3, is a sectional perspective view through the cleaning head shownin Fig. 2 yyith the nozzle in position and shown in ull. l Y

Fig. 47 is a perspective detail ofthe tubular center of the cleaninghead.`

Fig. 5, is a perspective view ofthe cleaning head with a brushattachment.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

1 indicates a tubular memberl forming the I handle of the apparatus andto the upper end of which a suitable hose is connected for supplyingwater to the interior. 2 Yindicates a nozzle provided with an internallythreadwhich is screwed on to the correspondingly threaded lower end ofthe tubular member 1. 3 indicates a controlling valve for the nozzleoperated by a suitable handlev 3. 4'indicates the nozzle proper which isprovided at itsv lower end with the usual nozzle outlet and supplementalradial outlets 4 located in proximity to the upper end of the nozzleproper 4. Between the valve portion 3and thenozzle portion 4 is locatedan exteriorly threaded portion 5. 6 indicates a cleaning head comprisinga tubular member 6 having a closed lower end 62 through which extendoutwardly flaring perforations 63. 65 indicate perforations formed inthe periphery of the tubular member 6 end thereof.

7 indicates a collar of resilient rubber or other suitable materialwhich is cemented on to the lower end of the tubular member 6 andprovided with perforations 7 registering with the scribed. S' indicatesa series of annular ribs extending around the tubular member 6 andprovided with cross notches 8 suitably spaced apart. 9 indicatesatubular member provided with anyinternal thread designed to be screwedon tothe exteriorly threaded portion 5 as hereinbeforel described. 9indicates a semi-spherical hollow member formedintegral with the tubularmember 9 and provided 92 which is threaded on to the upper end of thetubular member 6so yas to leave an annular space 93 between the upperend of the member 6 and the tubular portion 9. The bottom of thesemi-spherical member 9 is provided with'a series of perforations 9L fora purpose ,which will hereinafter appear.

10 indicates the mop bo'dy. Such body is formed by cords arrangedlongitudinally of the tubular portion 6 and around the peripherythereof, the free ends of the cords extending beyond the lower end ofsuch member. The cords forming the body 10 lie against the annular ribs8, some of the cords extending into the notches 8. At a point above theannular ribs 8 the cords are secured around the tubular member 6 by abinding cordll. The upper portions of the cords are, then bent back uponthemselves outwardly above the binding cord 11 and in proximity to thelower -downwardly substantially parallel with the lower portion of thecords. The bindino' cords 12, 18 and 14 are then fastened aroun the mo-pbody between the annular ribs 8 so as to permanently secure the mop bodyto the tubular member 6. vThe ribs 8 prevent longitudinal movement ofthe mop bodyflO upon the tubular member 6 and the notches 8 serve toprevent any turning movement. It will, therefore, be seen that the mopbody is held securely in a stationary position as indicated in thedrawing.

In order that the operator may get at small places which would beawkward to get at with the mop l have provided the brush head shown inFig. 5. This brush head comprises the tubular member 15 provided with aninternally threaded upper endlf, The lower end of the tubular mein?perforations above dewitha tubular lower portion A ber 15 is providedwith a head 152 having an orifice 152 extending therethrough concentricwith the center of the tubular member 15 but of small diameter therebyform-Y ing an interior ledge 154 and an exterior ledge 155. 16 indicatesa sleeve of rubber or other suitable material which is cemented orotherwise suitably secured to the tubular member 15 above the ledge 155.17 indicates a sleeve of similar material to the sleeve 15 which iscemented or otherwise -suitably secured around the outer periphery ofthe head 152. 15 indicate small ducts which extend in a downwardly andoutwardly inclined direction from the upper face of the ledge 152 to thelower face of the head 152 in proximity to its outer periphery. 18indicates a brush provided with a threaded stem 18 and ferrule 182. Thestem 18 is threaded into the orifice 153 so that the upper 'end of theferrule 182 bears against the lower face of the head 152, the exteriordiameter of such ferrule being less than the distance between the lowerends of the ducts 156. 19 indicates a pump which is secured by asuitable hinge connection 20, 20 to the tubular handle 1, the lower endor nozzle end of the pump being directed downwardly toward the cleaninghead formed by the mop body 10 and is provided with a suitable closingcock 21.

It will be understood that when the mop body 10 is in use that the lowerend thereof spreads outwardly and when the liquid soap, which iscontained in the pump cylinder 19, is ejected from the nozzle thereof itis carried on to the out-spread mop, which being supplied with water,readily converts the liquid soap into lather.

22 is a cover sleeve of thin resilient rubber designed to be slippedover the nozzle 4 to cover the perforation 4 when the nozzle is beingused alone as in Fig. 1.

Having described the principal parts involved in my invention I willbrieiy describe the operation of the same. v

In order to take the rough dirt oif the vehicle my apparatus is used asshown in Fig. 1, the hose being connected t'o the upper end of themember 1. The water passes in through the tubular member 1 and when thevalve 3 is turned on passes through the nozzle 4 and is ejectedtherefrom" against the body of the vehicle. When it is desired to cleanthe bodyy of the vehicle the cleaning head 6. provided with the mop body10 is connected to the nozzle 4 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 by threadingthe tubular portion 9 into the exteriorly threaded portion 5.

When the valve 3, is opened the water passes through the lower end ofthe nozzle 4 into the tubular member 6 and through the end orifices 64tand peripheral orifices 7 into the interior of themop. The water alsopasses through the oriiices 4f and is ejected through the annular spaceformed between the upper end of the tubular member 6 and the lower endof the tubular member 9 into the semi-spherical hooded portion 9 andVthen passes through the perforations 94L directing the water downwardlyon to the exterior of the mop. By this means it will be seen that a Ycopious supply of water is thrown on to the body of the vehicle both onthe inside and outside of the mop, the water on the loutside of the mopserving to partly loosen the dirt as the iibers of the mop body comeinto contact therewith.

In order to clean the small places such as under the mud guards andbetween the spokes of the wheels I remove the head 6 and similarlyattach the head15. The water passes down through the tubular member 15and through the ducts 156 around the exterior of the'brush 18.

It will also be seen thatbyV providing the sleeves 16 and 17 in theformv of head shown in Fig. 5 and the sleeve 7 in the form of head shownin Fig.` 3 I have provided a si'mple means whereby any danger of theapparatus scratching or otherwise -marring the body of the vehicle wheninY use 'is obviated.

From this `description it will be seen that I have devised a very simpledevice whereby all the parts -of an automobile may be easily and readilycleaned, by which a suitable supply of soap is provided which can bereadily and quickly turned into lather and in which on to the vehiclemeans are provided for preventing any dancourse, be understood -thatthere are many other uses to which it may be equally well applied suchas cleaning railway ear windows and the like.

llVhat I claim as my'invention is 1-. Ina device of the class described,a mop head comprising a tubular member Vhaving a series of annular ribshaving 'cross notches formed on the exterior periphery thereof, a mopbody extending around the tubular member, and binding means securing themop body "to the tubular member intermediate of the annular ribs toprevent either sliding or rotation of the mop body. QJIn a device of theclass described, a mop head comprising'a lower tubular member and anupper tubular member spaced apart to form an annular intermediateopening and a hooded member carried by the upper tubular member, abottom wall for the hooded member having a central opening into whichthe lower tubular member extends and is secured and having perforationsformed around vsuch central opening adapted to direct water from theinterior of the hood on to, the exterior of the mop body.

3.111 a, 'washer of the class described, a

nozzle member having a peripheral discharge and a Water outlet below thedischarge, a tubular member surrounding the nozzle and outlet but belowthe discharge, a mop encircling said member and depending therefrom, andmeans for delecting the Water passing from the nozzle through thedischarge in a direction parallel to the axis of the tubular member butoutside thereof.

JAMES PIERSON JOHNSON.

Witnesses M. EGAN, V. LQNG.

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